Pachomius

Metropolitan Pachomius or Pakhomious (, ; 17 December 1935 – 30 March 2025) was the serving Metropolitan bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Beheira and Matrouh, Titular Archbishop of Pentapolis and the Five Western Cities, and Abbot of the Monastery of Saint Macarius of Alexandria, located in Beheira. He was also a member of the standing committee of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church.

Early life He was born as Samir Khair Sokkar , on 17 December 1935 in Shebein el-Kom, Menoufia, Kingdom of Egypt. His family relocated to Tanta around 1945 then to Zaqaziq in 1949. In 1949, at the age of thirteen, he began to serve in Sunday School, at the behest of Walim Shenouda, one of the early deputy servants of the movement. He served in various cities and villages establishing classes and youth meetings. During this time, he met with Nazir Gayed (Pope Shenouda III) and learned from him the essentials of service. In 1952, he moved to Greater Cairo to attend Ain Shams University; during this time, he was one of the founding members of a college meeting and served in the villages of Giza.

After receiving his Bachelor of Commerce, in 1956, he moved to Damietta where he found employment first in the Ministry of Finance, and later as an accounting manager in the Ministry of Health. He also became the general secretary of Sunday school at this time. In 1959, he returned to Greater Cairo to live as a consecrated servant. He managed a house for deacons in Giza, and began attending the Coptic Theological and Clerical College, and then the Higher Institute of Coptic Studies. In 1961, he was sent on a pastoral mission to serve as a Deacon in Kuwait.